Kenneth Light, MD, who practices in San Francisco, performed the first neck fusion reversal in the United States, according to a news release.
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Todd C. Bonvallet, MD, has been named medical director of The Spine Center in Chattanooga Tenn., according to a report from The Chattanoogan.
Biomet, a Warsaw, Ind.-based musculoskeletal medical products manufacturer, acquired the assets of Cytosol Laboratories, a Braintree, Mass.-based small volume anticoagulants producer, according to a Biomet news release.
Ellipse Technologies' initial clinical trial of the MAGEC Remote Control shows the implant system as a possibly effective treatment for scoliosis in children, according to a company news release.
Champ Baker, MD, a physician at Columbus, Ga.'s The Hughston Clinic, was presented with the 37th annual 2010 Robert E. Lech Mr. Sports Medicine Award at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's annual meeting in Providence, R.I., according to…
David Martin, MD, serves as director of sports medicine and professor of orthopedic surgery at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C. A noted expert on sports medicine, Dr. Martin specializes in arthroscopy of the shoulder and knee, trauma and sports…
The American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine supports a new method for physicians to help identify athletes at risk for damaging their ACL, according to an AOSSM news release.
NuOrtho Surgical, a surgical instrument developer, has received FDA clearance to market the Ceruleau, its new surgical probe, according to a report from The Herald News.
Osseon Therapeutics, a Santa Rosa, Calif.-based biomedical device company, received the FDA notice of allowance for its spinal vertebral compression technology as part of its Osseoplasty systems, according to a company news release.
Twin Cities Orthopedics opened a new 75,000 square-foot building in Edina, Minn., which includes an exam room, x-ray station and cast room, according to a company news release.